Sentences with phrase «long as gay people»

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I will also no longer act as if I need a majority vote of some ecclesiastical body in order to bless, ordain, recognize and celebrate the lives and gifts of gay and lesbian people in the life of the church.

So long as you are free to marry the person of your choice while gay people are not, that ideal is not being met.

The Rev. David L. Norgard, who is openly gay and is chairman of the national church's Standing Commission on Evangelism, says, «I'm thoroughly convinced, and hold it as a point of faith, that in the long run people are turned off by a church that excludes.»

Seeing as people have been gay as long as our human history, I doubt your Jesus has done anything especially since the science today proves otherwise.

So long as gay couples are granted equal rights by the government, people have the right to include or exclude whoever they want from their religions; social approval and disdain will come as it does.

They were being violent moron, that's rape and has nothing to do with what we now understand about the loving long term committed relationships of gay people, its the same as straights.

1 Corinthians 11:14 (Men should not have long hair) 1 Corinthians 14:34 - 35 (Women should remain silent in church) Deuteronomy 13:6 - 16 (Death penalty for Apostasy) Deuteronomy 20:10 - 14 (Attack city, kill all men, keep women, children as spoils of war) Deuteronomy 21:18 - 21 (Death penalty for a rebellious son) Deuteronomy 22:19 - 25 (Kill non - virgin / kill adulterers / rapists) Ecclesiastes 1:18 (Knowledge is bad) Exodus 21:1 - 7 (Rules for buying slaves) Exodus 35:2 (Death for working on the Sabbath) Ezekiel 9:5 - 6 (Murder women / children) Genesis 1:3,4,5,11,12,16 (God creates light, night and day, plants grow, before creating sun) Genesis 3:16 (Man shall rule over woman) Jeremiah 19:9 (Cannibalism) John 3:18 (He who believes in Jesus is saved, he that doesn't is condemned) John 5:46 - 47 (Jesus references Old Testament) Leviticus 3:1 - 17 (Procedure for animal sacrifice) Leviticus 19:19 (No mixed fabrics in clothing) Leviticus 19:27 (Don't trim hair or beard) Leviticus 19:28 (No tattoos) Leviticus 20:9 (Death for cursing father or mother) Leviticus 20:10 (Death for adultery) Leviticus 20:13 (Death for gay men) Leviticus 21:17 - 23 (Ugly people, lame, dwarfs, not welcome on altar) Leviticus 25:45 (Strangers can be bought as slaves) Luke 12:33 (Sell your possessions, and give to the poor) Luke 14:26 (You must hate your family and yourself to follow Jesus) Mark 10:11 - 12 (Leaving your spouse for another is adultery) Mark 10:21 - 22 (Sell your possessions and give to the poor) Mark 10:24 - 25 (Next to impossible for rich to get into heaven) Mark 16:15 - 16 (Those who hear the gospel and don't believe go to hell) Matthew 5:17 - 19 (Jesus says he has come to enforce the laws of the Old Testament) Matthew 6:5 - 6 (Pray in secret) Matthew 6:18 (Fast for Lent in secret) Matthew 9:12 (The healthy don't need a doctor, the sick do) Matthew 10:34 - 37 (Jesus comes with sword, turns families against each other, those that love family more than him are not worthy) Matthew 12:30 (If you're not with Jesus, you're against him) Matthew 15:4 (Death for not honouring your father and mother) Matthew 22:29 (Jesus references Old Testament) Matthew 24:37 (Jesus references Old Testament) Numbers 14:18 (Following generations blamed for the sins of previous ones) Psalms 137:9 (Violence against children) Revelation 6:13 (The stars fell to earth like figs) Revelation 21:8 (Unbelievers, among others, go to hell) 1 Timothy 2:11 - 12 (Women subordinate and must remain silent) 1 Timothy 5:8 (If you don't provide for your family, you are an infidel)

And no, I don't want gay marriage to be accepted «the same as traditional marriage» — traditional marriage, in which the woman is no longer a legal person once married, is now illegal.

Any gay person can go to any church, as long as they remain in their closet.

I can't see many people on the right wing who are Christian, yet would spit on a gay soldier fighting for their rights or allowing a less fortunate to die, as long as they can keep every last dollar for themselves.

Coming out as a gay man puts an unnecessary target on a person who is trying to go into a war (literal and figurative) and report the news without the suspicion that the news will now be tainted — maybe gray and no longer black and white...»

And the same logic should make it clear, of course, that all sorts of other kinds of people — childless gay people, infertile people, people who do not feel called to parenthood — can become every bit as mature (or immature) as a parent of six, as long as they can find some substitute discipline for repeatedly placing someone or something else at the center of their lives.

At least as long as you do not try to apply it to other people, such as denying civil gay marriage.

On this particular topic as long as people who vote their religious belief against gay marriage then it benefits people who believe differently — for any reason to be involved in the discussions since it affects them directly or indirectly.

Since your initial appeal was for a more civil debate, is it now your contention that any criticism of gay people, no matter how it is phrased, loving as long as the critic claims biblical support?

So gays are free to be gay, why can't people be free to be anti-gay as long as they're not causing damage or physical harm?

I have several gay family members, but I have no problem with people who's beliefs are different (as long as they are not discriminating against others) I also know several openly gay / lesbians that work for Chick - fil - A and have felt very comfortable there, at least until others started causing an uproar.

«As long as people believe the Bible is anti-gay, they will continue to believe the church is anti-gay as well,» writes Justin, «and the war between gays and Christians will continuAs long as people believe the Bible is anti-gay, they will continue to believe the church is anti-gay as well,» writes Justin, «and the war between gays and Christians will continuas people believe the Bible is anti-gay, they will continue to believe the church is anti-gay as well,» writes Justin, «and the war between gays and Christians will continuas well,» writes Justin, «and the war between gays and Christians will continue.

As long as it's not fixed, it's going to be hard to give gay people a reason to come back to the churcAs long as it's not fixed, it's going to be hard to give gay people a reason to come back to the churcas it's not fixed, it's going to be hard to give gay people a reason to come back to the church.

I'd also be interested in hearing more about your story, such as when you first discovered you were gay, how long you waited before you told people, that kind of thing.

Mike Long has spent his entire life trying to degrade gay people and insure that we're treated as 2nd class citizens.

All across the country, there are gay Kiwis searching for something long - term, settling down, and getting married.1 Yet, as anyone swimming in the gay dating pool can tell you, knowing these people are out there is one thing — finding your person is quite another!

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Some of these differences include: the ability to search from a deep pool of potential partners outside of one's existing social networks; the ability to communicate online or via email prior to arranging for a face - to - face interaction; and matching algorithms that allow users to filter potential partners based on pre-existing criteria.3 Other research has indicated that the efficiency of online dating and the size of the potential dating pool compared with traditional methods make the process especially useful for people (such as gays and lesbians, or middle aged heterosexuals) who may have limited options for meeting people within their immediate geographic area or social circle.4 Still others have speculated that the rise of online dating has encouraged young adults, especially men, to forego marriage because they can always find women to date and that lowers their interest in committing to long term relationships.5

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All About Eve Year: 1950 Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Thelma Ritter, Marilyn Monroe Why it's essential: This movie used to get brushed off as essential for gay audiences, and while it does pretty much function as the Gay Bible — in that there's a lot of fascinating history and memorable one - liners, but too few people are actually familiar with the text — we've long passed the point where it's acceptable to think of All About Eve as anything less than a cinematic classgay audiences, and while it does pretty much function as the Gay Bible — in that there's a lot of fascinating history and memorable one - liners, but too few people are actually familiar with the text — we've long passed the point where it's acceptable to think of All About Eve as anything less than a cinematic classGay Bible — in that there's a lot of fascinating history and memorable one - liners, but too few people are actually familiar with the text — we've long passed the point where it's acceptable to think of All About Eve as anything less than a cinematic classic.

Furthermore, she often tackled subjects that were perceived as «risky» during her lifetime: Neel is known for painting gay people long before homosexuality was legalised, transvestites, members of the poor, immigrant communities in Spanish Harlem (where she lived), candid portraits of nursing and pregnant women as well as unflinching male and female nudes.

Although most provinces have long ago recognized that non-bio parents can nonetheless act as parents by virtue of being in spousal relationships, we also need to make legislative space for those spouses to be queer women, for people to be parents by virtue of their partnerships with fathers, or for intended parental projects to make families that are not based on romantic relationships at all, be it gay or straight.

The U-Haul lesbian joke exists because it's true, due to the lack of dating experience as teens and young adults (when most gay people are in the closet), many lesbians haven't learnt the value in a reasonably long, uncommitted courtship.